Parornix conspicuella

Parornix conspicuella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. conspicuella
Binomial name
Parornix conspicuella
(Dietz, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Ornix conspicuella Dietz, 1907

Parornix conspicuella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan and Vermont in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Betula nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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